Create ActiveX servers for PL/SQL packages A general rule of thumb for tuning database applications is "80 percent application, 20 percent database." Written by Scott Stephens, Contributor ...

The PL/SQL package DBMS_RANDOM can generate random text and date values as well as numbers. Check out these code examples to learn how you can generate these values in your development work.

We've got a new infrastructure manager, and he's big on monitoring (he's looking at getting a 42" plasma to display various monitoring systems)We're looking for options on monitoring our SQL ...

SQL Server 2025 preview debuts with Ubuntu 24.04 support and TLS 1.3 encryption for stronger security and Linux flexibility.

Feature bloat, or added value for this JavaScript toolkit? The Bun team has released version 1.2.21 of its JavaScript bundler and runtime, written in Zig, adding features including built-in drivers ...

With the introduction of Oracle compatibility in MariaDB Server 10.3, it's now possible to use Oracle PL/SQL and Oracle sequences in an open source database - making it easier for DBAs and developers ...

Microsoft pulled the Cumulative Update package 7 (CU7) for SQL Server 2019 released on September 2 after confirming a known reliability issue impacting customers who used the database snapshot ...

CTX_DDL: Text Setup and Management The CTX_DDL PL/SQL package is used to create preferences and policies for ConText and to perform DDL actions such as index creation and optimization.